FOUNTAIN VALLEY – Teen decoys attempting to buy alcohol were turned away by a majority of local businesses visited Friday – one of the lowest percentage of sales to minors during the police-conducted decoy program.

Only one out of 18 businesses in Fountain Valley sold alcohol to undercover minors, police said.

On average, 20 percent of the businesses visited during an ABC Decoy sting sell alcohol to minors, said Lt. Jim McNeff. He said he didn’t know what spurred the decrease, though it may have been attributed to word that another business in town may lose its liquor license for repeatedly selling alcohol to minors.

Under the supervision of police detectives, two 18-year-old decoys visited businesses with licenses to sell alcohol beverages and attempted to buy a six-pack of beer Friday. Seventeen businesses refused to sell alcohol.

However, a clerk at Truman Liquor, at 9074 Edinger Ave., sold beer to a decoy. Ban Nguyen of La Habra was cited for selling alcohol to a minor.

The police department conducts the program about twice a year, particularly when summer break begins for students.